Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata Mannerheim, 1843    Synonyms: Chrysomela duodecimpunctata, Crioceris sexpunctata, Diabrotica duodecimpunctata, Diabrotica soror, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi, Southern Corn Rootworm (larvae).
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Coleoptera   >   Family Chrysomelidae   >   Genus Diabrotica   

Description:

Small yellowish green beetle with eleven black spots.

Relationships:

Feeds a variety of different species of plants including many of our popular food crops.

There are 753 records in the project database.

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A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (3/24/2016). Photo by Danny Poet. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/28/2012). Adult beetles are yellow/green with eleven spots. Considered an agricultural pest. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/19/2016). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/12/2014). Verified by Kohl Austin/BugGuide. Photo by Jesse Christopherson. (MBP list)

Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/17/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Washington Co., Maryland (9/10/2022). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Spotted Cucumber Beetles mating in Kent Co., Maryland (10/17/2015). Photo by Dan Small. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/12/2014). Photo by Jesse Christopherson. (MBP list)

Spotted Cucumber Beetles on Assateague Island, Maryland (10/13/2012). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Frederick Co., Maryland (11/5/2015). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/1/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/29/2022). (c) A van den Beemt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Adrienne van den Beemt. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/27/2016). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Washington Co., Maryland (9/1/2017). Photo by Kerry Wixted. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/27/2020). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/3/2014). Photo by Jesse Christopherson. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Harford Co., Maryland (9/14/2019). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/21/2014). Photo by Kimberly Booth. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/21/2017). Photo by Jane Chandler. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/17/2016). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/17/2016). Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Harford Co., Maryland (8/28/2016). Photo by Kirsten Johnson. (MBP list)

Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/22/2017). (c) mitchgreene, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by mitchgreene via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Howard Co., Maryland (10/8/2013). Photo by Kurt Schwarz. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/26/2016). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/6/2023). (c) brandonbest, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by brandonbest via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle on a Semipalmated Plover in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/8/2016). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)


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